Sr. Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Kuiper Quality

Sr. Mfg Quality Engineer

As a Sr. Mfg Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to own product performance for some of the most critical sub-assemblies of the satellite, delivering creative solutions to reduce defects, and planning to prevent defects using technical quality skills. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead as Product QE over satellite mechanism assemblies, including process definition and validation for assembly and test methods, part and process qualification, inspection plans, in-process inspection capabilities, and process monitoring.

• Lead MRB discussions determine product dispositions for nonconforming material.

• Dive deep into defect reduction activities for the subassemblies, and drive innovative solutions to prevent recurrence of defects.

• Work directly with Inspection, Supplier Quality, and Engineering teams to develop and qualify inspection, monitoring, and verification methods for the Kuiper Production System all through the production system and ensure a no defect mentality.

• Be a Quality SME for the sub-assemblies, owning defect reduction, reporting, and overall quality performance of the subassemblies, including electromechanical hardware, high cleanliness/FOD sensitivity, tight tolerance & high precision machined parts, high criticality attributes.

• Lead and develop new and novel process mechanisms for cross functional production system teams.

A Day In The Life

• Own yield performance for the subassemblies, setting up monitoring systems using production data, and leading projects to creatively deliver solutions to recurring issues in production.

• Investigates Production System issues to reduce defect rates and drive root cause corrective actions, and continuous improvement projects.

• Implements the Kuiper Quality System through process development and launch sub-assemblies across teams similar to AS9100 requirements.

• Own and report out on product performance to quality and manufacturing leadership.

• Partners with cross-functional groups to develop and qualify product, processes, and equipment, including Quality Assurance processes.

• Perform audits to ensure compliance to QMS and product requirements.

• Develop and modify process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, MSAs, and other APQP artifacts related to satellite sub-assemblies.

About The Team

The Kuiper Manufacturing Quality team is driven to deliver high-quality product lines while maintaining a fast production rate. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to directly own the quality outputs of some of our critical sub-systems.